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1 Reichspfennig P.O.W. Camps
| Issuer | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) |
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| Year | 1939-1944 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on plain paper, with a large red-printed triangle as the central underprint vignette. A German Wehrmacht eagle with spread wings and swastika is positioned at the lower left. The denomination and full regulatory text are printed in black across the face, with the serial number and series letter in the upper right area. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain uniform buff-coloured paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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The OKW prisoner-of-war camp currency was a deliberate containment mechanism — Allied and other POWs were paid in scrip that could only be spent within camp canteens, preventing any accumulation of Reichsmarks that might fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with local civilians. The system had a legal basis under the Geneva Convention, which required detaining powers to credit POW wages, but the OKW's implementation ensured those credits remained economically inert outside the wire.
The 1 Reichspfennig denomination is the lowest in the series and consequently saw the heaviest handling. Paper deterioration and ink transfer are chronic problems at this value level.